According to the webpage, “The states in red were part of the Confederacy. They were states and territories where slavery existed substantially prior to the Civil War, or were states and territories where the legacy of slavery was strongly felt in the years immediately after the Civil War.”

Click on a red state of your choice and complete the following:

1.)Record the name of your state.

2.)Give a brief overview of the state’s Jim Crow history.

3.)Describe five Jim Crow laws that you found surprising.

Next, click on Jim Crow Violence (left). Choose a red state and click on a town.

1.)Record the name of your state.

2.)Record information about at least three lynchings. Include the following information:

-Who

-What

-Where

-When

-Why

Finally, write a one-paragraph reflection about the South in the 1930s. What do you think it would have felt like to be African American during this time period? What would your education be like? What would your life be like? How would you feel?